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The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson: A True Story of Love & Murder
The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson: A True Story of Love & Murder
The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson: A True Story of Love & Murder
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John Wilson came to Canada from Scotland in 1912, leaving his wife and family with the promise to return in a year. In 1914 he joined the Mounties, and while stationed in Saskatchewan village, he caught TB and fell hopelessly in love with the young woman who took care of him. He would do anything for her, anything at all.

Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Non-Fiction, The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson is played out against a backdrop of catastrophic eventsWorld War I, economic depression, the TB and Spanish Flu epidemics. It is a riveting story of passion, murder and retribution
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 31, 2014
ISBN9781771641845
The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson: A True Story of Love & Murder
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Lois Simmie

Lois Simmie is an author of children's books, adult fiction, a historical true crime story, radio plays, and a children's play for live theatre. Lois lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and has won many awards for her published works, including the Saskatchewan Writers Guild's Literary Award for Fiction, the Saskatchewan Book Award for Children's Literature, and the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award.

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